The tournament used two lists of eight players for seeding the men's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players.
Tony Trabert is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. ::U.S. •
Vic Seixas (finalist) •
Tony Trabert (champion) •
Gardnar Mulloy (quarterfinals) •
Arthur Larsen (fourth round) •
Ham Richardson (fourth round) •
Straight Clark (third round) •
Budge Patty (quarterfinals) •
Tom Brown (fourth round) ::Foreign •
Ken Rosewall (semifinals) •
Lew Hoad (semifinals) •
Mervyn Rose (fourth round) •
Kurt Nielsen (quarterfinals) •
Rex Hartwig (second round) •
Enrique Morea (second round) •
Sven Davidson (quarterfinals) •
Ian Ayre (fourth round) ==Draw==